Chicago Journalist To Lori Lightfoot: “Pack Your Suitcase And Get The Hell Out Of My Metropolis”

2023-03-18 00:37:36

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Chicago journalist William J. Kelly on the public feedback part at a metropolis corridor assembly advised outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot how she has broken town and that “future historians are going to have a tough time understanding the way you ever even grew to become mayor of town of Chicago.” Lightfoot canceled her final press convention.

“What you have finished to me is nothing in comparison with what you have finished to my metropolis, town of Chicago, town that I used to be born and raised in, town that I really like with all my coronary heart,” Kelly mentioned to Lightfoot. “You grew to become mayor. The individuals of Chicago elected you. You shut down our colleges, you shut down the church buildings, you shut down the companies.”

“You probably did the one factor that I believed might by no means occur,” Kelly continued. “As somebody who was born and raised on the south aspect of Chicago, I by no means thought in my life that I might ever see town of Chicago introduced down so low as you’ve gotten managed to carry it down. Disgrace on you. That may be a legacy that you will have to hold.”

“Future historians are going to have a tough time understanding the way you ever even grew to become mayor of town of Chicago,” Kelly mentioned. “I intend to put in writing that guide. I intend to ensure that not less than there may be some potential means for town of Chicago to maneuver ahead. I hope that you just notice what harm you’ve gotten finished to town. I hope that after right now’s metropolis council assembly, you’ll pack your suitcase and get the hell out of my metropolis…..you’re a pandemic. You’re a pandemic. Thanks.”